The role of elementary teachers' conceptions of closeness to students on their differential behaviour in the classroom

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1965-1985

  Newberry, Melissa ^a   Davis, Heather A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Caring; Differential behaviour; Student teacher relationships; Teacher beliefs; Teacher student relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849141328     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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